Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep

A Dustland Fairytale beginningWith just another white trash county kissIn '61Long brown hair and foolish eyes

He'd look just like you'd want him toSome kind of slick chrome American princeBlue jean serenadeMoon River what'd you do to meI don't believe you

Saw Cinderella in a party dressBut she was looking for a nightgownI saw the devil wrapping up his handsHe's getting ready for the showdownI saw the minute that I turned awayI got my money on a pawn tonight

A change came in disguise of revelationSet his soul on fireShe said she always knew he'd come aroundAnd the decades disappearLike sinking ships but we persevereGod gives us hopeBut we still fear what we don't knowYour mind is poison

Castles in the sky sit stranded, vandalizedThe drawbridge is closing

Saw Cinderella in a party dressBut she was looking for a nightgownI saw the devil wrapping up his handsHe's getting ready for the showdownI saw the ending when they turned the pageI threw my money and I ran away

Straight to the valley of the great divideOut where the dreams all hideOut where the wind don't blowOut here the good girls dieAnd the sky won't snowOut here the bird don't singOut here the field don't growOut here the bell don't ringOut here the bell don't ring

Out here the good girls die

Now Cinderella don't you go to sleepIt's such a bitter form of refugeWell don't you know the kingdom's under siegeAnd everybody needs youIs there still magic in the midnight sunOr did you leave it back in '61?In the cadence of a young man's eyesOut where the dreams all hide